Clothes hanger



Aug. 30, 1949. E. K. POCHINI 2,480,420

CLOTHES HANGER Filed Sept. 7, 1948 lNl/ENTU/E EUGEHIA K. Pocmm. )Zu

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Patented Aug. 30, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHES HANGER Eugenia K: Pochlnl, San Francisco, Calif. Application September '7, 1948, Serial No. 48,119

2 Claims. (01.223-88) The present invention relates to improvements in a clothes hanger wherein an inverted bowshaped wire bar, flattened at the approximate center thereof, has its end portions elevated, then bent back under in spaced relation forming arms, operates in conjunction with a, clamp'comprising a pair of crossed levers having flattened portions pivotally connected to the flattened bow portion, and also extending upwardly and downwardly from said how with the upward portions provided with arcuate or semicircular ends arranged to hug or enclose a suspension pole or the like, to prevent accidental dropping or removal of said hanger to the detriment of neat clothes suspended therefrom.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved clothes hanger having improved means arranged to prevent accidental or inadvertentdisengagement of said hanger from its support.

Another object is to provide a new and improved device of the character set forth having improved'means arranged to safety suspend a garment or the like neatly and efliciently.

A further object is to provide a. new and improved device of the type described having improved means for properly and efficiently suspending one or more garments, such asa coat and trousers, or a blouse and skirt, separately and independently whereby either may easily be removed without disturbing the other.

A still further object is to provide a new and improved clothes or garment hanger of the type set forth, v having a greatly simplified and economically produced construction having a maximum efliciency and an attractive appearance.

The invention comprises the details of construction and the arrangement of the several parts as disclosed in the drawings forming a part of the present application; and in which Fig. 1 is a slightly contracted front elevation of my improved hanger as suspended from a supporting pole; and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, broken sectional view taken on line IIII of Fig. 1, in the direction indicated.

Referring to the drawings:

To better illustrate the application as well as construction and utility of the present improvement, the numeral I is used to designate a suspension pole, or the like, in cross section, such as is almost universally employed or provided in clothes closets for the convenient suspension of clothes hangers.

The improvement comprises an inverted bowshaped wire bar 5 having the end portions thereof bent or turned back thereunder after forming humps or elevations 6,-and with arms 1 arranged in spaced relation below said bar 5, the ends of said arms I being closed or closely turned back upon themselves in order to form rounded ends of said arms I, said ends also being in spaced relation to each other.

The bar 5 is provided in the approximate center thereof with a flattened portion 9, upon opposite sides of which are pivotally mounted, by means of a pivot or rivet l2, flattened portions ll of a pair of crossed levers or legs I6 extending upwardly and downwardly from said pivot l2. The upper and divergent portions of said levers l6 are again crossed and have arcuate or semicircular Jaws I8 upon the upper ends thereof arranged to form a closed ring, when closed, to securely enclose and engage a pole I, thereby forming a secure clamp by means of which said bar 5 may be safely and securely suspended from said pole I. That portion below the crossed upper portions or legs of the clamp also serve as a handle by means of which handles 2| the arcuate or semicircular jaws l8 may be separated, when said handles 2| are pressed together, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The lower ends of said levers below their flattened portions II are turned inwardly forming lateral toes or extensions 24 between which a suitable spring 26 is interposed and arranged normally to retain the arcuate jaws l8 closed.

In operation:

A garment, such, for instance as a mans suit,

, not shown, may be draped in the usual manner over the bar 5 but with the humps or elevations 6 engaging and supporting the inner sides of the shoulders of said coat, whereby the shape of the same more neatly may be preserved, while a pair of trousers, also not showngas neatly may be suspended by passing the ends of the arms I through the belt loops, not shown, with which trousers usually are provided. Or, a feminine blouse similarly may be draped over and neatly supported by said humps 6' while a skirt, not shown, also maybe separately and independently supported by passing the ends of said arms I through loops, not shown, generally securedto the inner side of a waist band of said skirt.

The garments and hanger or wire bar 5 efficiently and securely may be suspended from the pole l by first pressing together the handles 2| which will expand the upper arcuate or semicircular iaws I8 and separate the same sufflflattened portion 9 of the wire bar 5 provides not only a greatly simplified construction for pivotally and efliciently connecting the suspension clamp or levers IS with said bar 5, but also provides an attractive appearance economically produced and possessing a maximum efficiency. Also should be noted, the simplicity of operation for either releasing the jaws l8 from the pole I, and also in replacing them in a securely attached manner, whereby dropping of said hangers upon a crowded pole, easily may be avoided.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A clothes hanger comprising a wire bar bent to form an inverted bow-shaped bar with the end portions thereof bent upwardly and also bent back under said bar in spaced relation thereto, forming arms with their ends in spaced relation, the center of said bar being flattened; a clamp comprising a pair of levers having flattened portions pivotally connected to said first flattened therefrom, said upper portions having semicircular jaws arranged to form a ring, when closed, and arranged to form around a pole; and a spring arranged between said lower portions of said levers and arranged normally to hold said semicircular jaws in closed relation.

2. A clothes hanger comprising a wire bentto form an inverted bow having the central portion thereof flattened and the end portions thereof bent upwardly, forming humps, then backw'ardly thereunder in spaced relation thereto, with the ends of said under portions also in spaced relation; a clamp comprising a pair of levers flattened center, and extending upwardly and downwardly at their central portions and pivotally connected to the first flattened portion on said bar, and extending upwardly and downwardly therefrom, said upper portion of said clamp being divergent then crossed and having semicircular ends arranged. to form a ring; and a spring interposed between the lower ends of said levers and ar- The following references are of record in the flle of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,641,680 Kaufman Sept. 6, 1927 1,859,353 Boone May 24, 1932 

